The ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 Europe qualifiers will start on August 6 and run till August 12 in the Netherlands.

The winner of the Europe qualifiers will qualify for the U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 to be held in Sri Lanka.

Hosts Netherlands, Guernsey, Italy, Jersey, Norway and Scotland are the six teams that will compete in the upcoming U19 Cricket World Cup Europe qualifiers.

In the Europe qualifiers, each team will play in a round-robin format. The team finishing at the top of the standings after all league matches will advance to the marquee ICC U19 50-over cricket tournament. 

The U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 Europe qualifiers will be hosted in three venues in the Netherlands; the Hazelaarweg Cricket Ground, Sportpark Westvliet and Sportpark Thurlede.

As many as 16 teams will feature in the 15th edition of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2024. The tournament will be hosted in Sri Lanka for the first time since 2006. 

Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies and Zimbabwe have automatically qualified for the U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 courtesy their top 11 finish in the 2022 edition. The remaining five spots will be determined by regional qualification.  

Nepal and New Zealand have also secured their spots after winning Asia and East Asia-Pacific qualifiers, respectively.

U19 Cricket World Cup 2023 Europe qualifiers schedule and live India match times

All matches are in India Standard Time (IST)

Day and Date

Match

Venue

Time

Sunday, August 6

Jersey U19 vs Norway U19 

Hazelaarweg Cricket Ground

2:30 PM IST

Sunday, August 6

Italy U19 vs Netherlands U19

Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague

2:30 PM IST

Sunday, August 6

Guernsey U19 vs Scotland U19

Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam

2:30 PM IST

Monday, August 7

Netherlands U19 vs Guernsey U19

Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam

2:30 PM IST

Monday, August 7

Norway U19 vs Italy U19

Hazelaarweg Cricket Ground

2:30 PM IST

Monday, August 7

Scotland U19 vs Jersey U19

Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague

2:30 PM IST

Wednesday, August 9

Italy U19 vs Jersey U19

Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam

2:30 PM IST

Wednesday, August 9

Netherlands U19 vs

Scotland U19

Hazelaarweg Cricket Ground

2:30 PM IST

Wednesday, August 9

Guernsey U19 vs Norway U19

Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague

2:30 PM IST

Thursday, August 10

Netherlands U19 vs

Jersey U19

Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague

2:30 PM IST

Thursday, August 10

Scotland U19 vs Norway U19

Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam

2:30 PM IST

Thursday, August 10

Guernsey U19 vs Italy U19

Hazelaarweg Cricket Ground

2:30 PM IST

Saturday, August 12

Jersey U19 vs Guernsey U19 

Hazelaarweg Cricket Ground

2:30 PM IST

Saturday, August 12

Italy U19 vs Scotland U19

Sportpark Westvliet, The Hague

2:30 PM IST

Saturday, August 12

Norway U19 vs Netherlands U19

Sportpark Thurlede, Schiedam

2:30 PM IST

U19 Cricket World Cup 2023 Europe qualifier teams and squads

Jersey U19 squad: Charlie Brennan, Stan Norman, Jack Stevens (wicket-keeper), Patrick-Beau Gurner (wicket-keeper), Charlie Best, Will Perchard, Jack Kemp, Louis Kelly, George Richardson, Toby Britton, Theo Pullman, Charley Webster, Damon Huckerby, Corey Heath

Netherlands U19 squad: Nirav Kulkarni, Martijn Scholte (wicket-keeper), Aryan Ashraf (wicket-keeper), Michael Molenaar, Cedric de Lange, Jacobus Nel, Udit Nashier, Samir Butt, Aadit Jain, Tom de Leede, Gert Swanepoel, Roman Harhangi, Teun Kloppenburg, Teun Leijer

Scotland U19 squad: Owen Gould (captain/wicket-keeper), Alec Price, Mackenzie Jones, Qasim Khan, Uzair Ahmad (wicket-keeper), Harry Armstrong, Ibrahim Faisal, James Hobman, Nikhil Koteeswaran, Lukas Fischer Keogh, Adi Hegde, Bahadar Esakhiel, Jamie Dunk, Logan Briggs

Guernsey U19 squad: Yet to be announced.

Italy U19 squad: Yet to be announced.

Norway U19 squad: Yet to be announced.

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